THEME EXPLORATION

violence and revenge

39 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Oldboy
Oldboy
2003 · Park Chan-wook
Wild Tales
Wild Tales
2014 · Damián Szifron
Creepshow
Creepshow
1982 · George A. Romero
Jungfrukällan
Jungfrukällan
1960 · Ingmar Bergman
Hello, Late Homecomers
Hello, Late Homecomers
1978 · John Woo
The Massacre
The Massacre
1912 · D.W. Griffith
Aç Kurtlar
Aç Kurtlar
1969 · Yílmaz Güney
For a Few Dollars More
For a Few Dollars More
1965 · Sergio Leone
I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead
I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead
2003 · Mike Hodges
Jinsei Gekijo: Hishakaku to Kiratsune
Jinsei Gekijo: Hishakaku to Kiratsune
1968 · Tomu Uchida
The Great Silence
The Great Silence
1968 · Sergio Corbucci
Οι Επικίνδυνοι
Οι Επικίνδυνοι
1983 · Yannis Dalianidis
Irreversible
Irreversible
2002 · Gaspar Noé
Martyrs
Martyrs
2008 · Pascal Laugier
Revenge
Revenge
2017 · Coralie Fargeat
A Bittersweet Life
A Bittersweet Life
2005 · Kim Jee-woon
Fist of Legend
Fist of Legend
1994 · Gordon Chan
The Crow
The Crow
2024 · Rupert Sanders
Beautiful Sisters: Flesh Slaves
Beautiful Sisters: Flesh Slaves
1986 · Katsuhiko Fujii
Daughter of Darkness
Daughter of Darkness
1993 · Ivan Lai Kai-Ming
God Is a Bullet
God Is a Bullet
2023 · Nick Cassavetes
I'll Never Die Alone
I'll Never Die Alone
2008 · Adrián García Bogliano
Lady Snowblood
Lady Snowblood
1973 · Toshiya Fujita
Ironheart
Ironheart
1992 · Robert Clouse
Liberty Stands Still
Liberty Stands Still
2002 · Kari Skogland
The Vault of Horror
The Vault of Horror
1973 · Roy Ward Baker
Memento
Memento
2000 · Christopher Nolan
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
Tumultes
Tumultes
1932 · Robert Siodmak
A City of Sadness
A City of Sadness
1989 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors
1994 · Lee Tamahori
City of God
City of God
2002 · Fernando Meirelles
The Goat Horn
The Goat Horn
1972 · Metodi Andonov
The Milk of Sorrow
The Milk of Sorrow
2009 · Claudia Llosa
Ali Zaoua Prince of the Streets
Ali Zaoua Prince of the Streets
2000 · Nabil Ayouch
Big Bad Wolves
Big Bad Wolves
2013 · Aharon Keshales
Cabaret Balkan
Cabaret Balkan
1998 · Goran Paskaljević
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Park Chan-wook South Korea

His Vengeance trilogy obsessively deconstructs cycles of revenge, exploring how violence perpetuates itself across interconnected lives.

 Quentin Tarantino United States

He crafts elaborate narratives where revenge drives the plot, balancing stylized violence with moral complexity and character redemption.

 David Fincher United States

His films probe the psychological depths of violence and retribution, using meticulous filmmaking to examine how revenge consumes those who pursue it.